Elskavon Podcast

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Welcome. With this podcast, I'll be going behind the scenes of the songwriting and production of my songs.

Chris Bartels

  • Jan 29, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
  • infrequent NEW EPISODES
  • 34m AVG DURATION
  • 6 EPISODES


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Latest episodes from Elskavon Podcast

Du Nord with John Hayes: Album Walkthrough

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2021


Recently John and I had the chance to catch up and and do a breakdown of our debut collaboration, 'Du Nord', out now on Western Vinyl. This was a bit of a trip down memory lane for us as this album is a culmination of close to two years of work. We won't spoil too much in the description but dive on in and open the hood on 'Du Nord.' We had a great time making this album and appreciate you taking a listen.

Manner (Forms): Percussion from the garage, ambient finger keyboards, and auto-tuned pianos.

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2020


Embrace the messiness. That’s what did with this new Elskavon EP, and especially with the song we’re looking at here, “Manner (Forms)”. A fairly simple and straightforward track, there’s still plenty of interesting layers and unique processing involved. Be sure to listen to the full EP - link below!

Something Fine (Bora York): DX7 bass lines, Clusterflux trips, and getting the sweats.

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2020


This song was lots of fun to make… and that was the whole point. It was a conscious decision to not overthink things, and to just let things happen with the writing and recording of it. Let’s talk about that mindset, the Yamaha DX7, blending pitched snare samples, Moog Clusterflux, finding random words in thesauruses, and more.

IFLMHGA (Bora York): Glitchy synths, muted pianos, and creating because it's a part of you.

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2019


Let's dig into the bones of our Bora York song "I Finally Let My Heart Grow Again."

Dusk Line Hills: Creepy nightmare vocals, wind chimes as drums, and working with what you've got.

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2019


With this second episode, I'll dig into my song Dusk Line Hills, and the creative decisions behind the writing, recording, and production of it.

Skylight. Fireworks, breaking rules, and reverb on kick drums

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2019 34:06


With this first episode, I'll dig into my song Skylight, and the creative decisions behind the writing, recording, and production of it.

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